Comment 18 for bug 611810

I'm able to get sound if I run the following command a few times form the terminal:

aplay -D plughw:1,9 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Left.wav

I have to run it repeatedly before I get any sound. Once I do get sound through the speakers, sound then works through other programs too (through pulse), but it is very distorted...almost unlistenable. So this could be an issue with pulseaudio, since sound through aplay sounds clear but sound through pulse (once I get it to work) is distorted.

Sound never plays normally after a reboot. So far I've always had to fiddle with aplay until it starts working. Then I can play through pulse.

Is this related to this bug report or something else?